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Dig lights out the cupboard? I'd have thought that they'd be attached to the bike all year round. When I got my current bike, one of the requirements was Dutch style lights properly bolted on so that I don't need to take them off the bike and potentially forget them. I got fed up with people asking me why I was carrying my lights around even so it was the middle of the day.

Good to see you bck. I fitted lights to my bike, dutch style this year and I haven't regretted it yet, although my bike is fortunate and lives in a nice German village whee people don't tend to smash anything left outside overnight. If I was communing in a city and leaving it chained to a lamppost while I was at work, I'd probably go with the removable lights.

By the way, those cobbles in your pictures- aren't they bit unfimfortable to ride on? We have them in Germany (often in the former DDR) and they need care in the wet.

@Shaun My bike does have hub lights, but London drivers being what they are I also decorate myself with a couple of blinkies in the absence of any high vis stuff. I agree, hub lights are great, although as Andy in Germany points out it is a worry sometimes that they might not still be on my bike when I come back.

@Daryl Thanks for your kind comments, hope you had a good summer over on the other side of the pond!

@Andy in Germany The cobbles aren't so bad, as they're very small (each pebble is about the size of your little finger) meaning you don't get the bumpy ride like on the cobble streets of northern Europe with big brick sized cobbles. And besides, they're really beautiful and slow down traffic. And as it would seem it very rarely rains in Rhodes it's not too much of a problem. These were mostly used in pedestrianised areas and the Old Town.